DOHA: Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has inked a contract with Promer Qatar Contracting Company to design and build Es’hailSat Teleport.
A 50,000 square meters site north of Doha has been chosen for the new, state-of-the-art teleport facility which will provide satellite control and communications support (TT&C) and capacity management, along with teleport services such as uplink, downlink, contribution, multiplexing, encoding, playout and broadcasting, tailored for our business partners.
According to a statement issued yesterday, the high-tech teleport will also provide back-up studios for TV channels and serve as a disaster-recovery facility for broadcasters.
The site will be connected with key media broadcasters in Qatar by means of a redundant, dedicated fiber optic link. Design for the teleport is expected to be ready by Q1 2016 and the site is to be built and project completed by the first quarter of 2017.
Es’hailSat broadcasts premium content for news and sports channels such as Al Jazeera and beIN SPORTS.
Es’hail 1 and Es’hail 2, scheduled for launch in fourth and last quarter of 2016, have been designed with advanced anti-jamming capabilities and with a dedicated ground infrastructure, Es’hailSat has the optimum solution for broadcasters in the region in terms of technical capabilities, performance and security of content.
Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO, Es’hailSat, said: “The establishment of Es’hailSat’s teleport marks a milestone in our plan to provide a secure and independent satellite system to meet the needs of our customers now and in the future.
“The teleport is being designed from the outset to allow for significant growth and will feature all major requirements to provide customers with satellite ground station and platform services,” Al Kuwari added.
The Peninsula
